MOOCs and Open Education Around the World. Routledge – 2015 – 396 Pages.
Edited by Curtis J. Bonk, Mimi M. Lee, Thomas C. Reeves, Thomas H. Reynolds.
Find out more about this engaging new book MOOCs and Open Education
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World is a
edited collection
that
examines
topics
relating to open
education resources
and
massive open online courses.
Brand new
advancements in
learning technology are enabling
humans
in all parts of the world
to take online classes.
MOOCs are massive because there is no limit on the number of participating students.
These massive open courses are
generally free
but do not
lead to formal accreditation.
There are a lot of
topics that
e-learning technology institutions
must deal with
in 2015 because technology-enhanced learning is
advancing so swiftly.
How can institutions
guarantee that
the schooling provided by these
MOOCs is
good?
How can we
assure that
lecturers are properly credentialed
for teaching online?
What business models are being used by
organizations like
Oman to conduct these massively open online courses?
What experimental teaching practices and evaluation strategies are in use today?
How can organizations
deal with the issues of
inadequate
student motivation and high
learner dropout rates?
As electronic educational technology becomes more
prolific there is a
growing
desideratum
to understand how
these MOOCs are being conducted.
Corporations
and many other
participants
need
to understand
the outcomes of these
interesting new open educational
initiatives.
Teachers want
to gain an understanding of how
massively open online courses
can be made better.
To satisfy this
demand for
details
the gripping new book
MOOCs and Open Education Around the World
offers a critical analysis of
these MOOCs and other open educational subjects.
This book
also addresses the
controversies associated with
these massive online courses and open educational resources (OER).
To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.
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